10 Devastating Sequestration Cuts That People Are Afraid Will Happen

There's a lot of uncertainty over what the sequestration may actually entail.

Last year's Budget Control Act provided specific percentages agencies have to cut in order to achieve $1.2 trillion in savings over 10 years. Here's the cost:

There is a 9.4 percent reduction for nonexempt defense agencies

There is also an 8.2 percent reduction for discretionary non-defense agencies

What we don't know is how much leeway agencies will have when it comes to implementation. This has people with money tied up in the government extremely skittish.

Multiple industry analysts and government officials have speculated on the consequences of a full sequestration. Here's a list of some of the most potentially devastating cuts to essential services that we could see.